Endangered Languages

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Endangered Languages

• By Lowell Ringel

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An Endangered Language

• There are approximately 6000 languages in active
  use today worldwide.

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Categorizing Languages

• There are three different classifications to
  measure the long term survival of languages
• Safe - A language falls into this category if
  in one hundred years children will probably still
  be using this language.
• Endangered- A language falls into this category
  if in one hundred years children will probably
  NOT be using this language.
• Moribund- A language falls into this category
  if no children today speak it.

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The Oneida Language

• Speakers between 160 and 514
• Located in Ontario, central New York, and around
  Green Bay, Wisconsin
• History Iroquoian-based language
• Preservation Extensive preservation efforts, but
  only for cultural preservation, not primary
  language usage.

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Locations of the Oneida Language
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Wasco-Wishram

• Speakers about 70 with 7 monolinguals.
• Region
• History A Chinook language
• Preservation none that I can find

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English to Wasco-Wishram
English (Français) Wishram
One (Un) Ixt
Two (Deux) Môkct
Three (Trois) Lun
Four (Quatre) Lakt
Five (Cinq) Gwenem
Man (Homme) Ikala
Woman (Femme) Agagilak
Sun (Soleil) Agalax
Moon (Lune) Akulmin
Water (Eau) Ilcqoa
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Bibliography

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  Language Research Website. Jewish Language
  Research Website, 26 Jul 2002. Web. 7 Apr 2011.
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• "Revitalizing Language." Oneida Indian Nation.
  Oneida Indian Nation, 07 May 2010. Web. 7 Apr
  2011. lthttp//www.oneidaindiannation.com/home/con
  tent/92884489.ht mlgt.
• "The Wasco-Wishram Dialect of Wasco-Wishram
  (wac)." MultiTree A Digital Library of Language
  Relationships. The Linguist List, Web. 7 Apr
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